November 24, 2019
The Difference Between Influence and Opinions
Have you ever stopped to think about the difference between opinions and influence? When I think about my family and the seven siblings I grew up with, I can tell you that we...
November 24, 2019
Creative Confidence is Not What You Think
We imagine a brilliant artist approaching their work with the masterpiece perfectly etched in their mind before a single brush stroke graces the canvas. Or a prolific musician...
November 20, 2019
So Much Data, So Little Time. Until Now.
In a way, the exponential growth of machine-to-machine communications with connected sensors, or what is called the Internet of Things (IoT), has become an example of too...
November 18, 2019
The Speech I Never Intended to Give
Some of you know this already. Others of you do not. Except for friends and family and close colleagues, I've stayed silent. A few weeks ago, I was invited on John Maxwell's...
November 18, 2019
A Tool for Fighting Indifference
"Why do we have to go?"
Not naming names, but this question was whined out by one of my four little angels as we prepared to leave for church early yesterday morning.
I...
November 18, 2019
Getting Inspired
How do you find inspiration when you aren't quite feeling it? This short video will give you five strategies to take inspired and meaningful action.
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November 18, 2019
3 Tips to a Better Work-Life Balance
How do I balance work, business travel and family life?
I’m glad you asked my opinion on this because I am an expert. I ALWAYS get work-life balance right. Over the last 21...
November 17, 2019
Learning to Accept Your History and Move Forward In Life
Do you ever find yourself looking back and wishing things hadn’t happened as they did?
We all do it. We wish we would’ve made better choices so we would have a better life...
November 17, 2019
Mistake: Results over Relationship
For new leaders, a common mistake made is focusing on results over relationships. I did not say instead of relationships because most know it is a both/and world. The challenge...
November 13, 2019
How to Build a Culture of Innovation
The great management thinker Peter Drucker once wrote, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” What he meant was that even the most brilliant strategy will fail if your culture...
November 13, 2019
Don't Get Stuck; Move Forward
A difficult problem can and will eventually become a roadblock so large that it renders forward progress in any productive way virtually impossible. The direct result of a...
November 11, 2019
The Importance of Confronting Brutal Facts
After I wrote about the importance of seeing it coming in last month’s newsletter, a subscriber wrote in to affirm what he called the “strong message.”
Mark Frandsen is a CEO, a...